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Small stone circle on Delf Hill is a Bronze Age monument located in Lancashire. The circle consists of a modest arrangement of stones positioned on elevated moorland, representing a settlement or ritual focus typical of upland Bronze Age activity in northwest England. Such monuments reflect the cultural practices and land use patterns of prehistoric communities during the second millennium BCE. The site contributes to understanding Bronze Age populations and their relationship with the Lancashire landscape.
Small stone circle on Delf Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008916. View the official record →
Small stone circle on Delf Hill is a Bronze Age monument located in Lancashire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008916.
Small stone circle on Delf Hill is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1008916.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 90m east of Twist Castle (1.1 km), Twist Castle Romano-British farmstead (1.2 km), Bowl barrow on Hameldon Pasture (1.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Small stone circle on Delf Hill's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Small stone circle on Delf Hill stands on Pennine Lower Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Lower Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.